Intezaar Ka Akhiri Kinaara:

“Intezaar ki sabse badi sazaa ye hai…
Ke kabhi kabhi jiska intezaar hota hai,
Wo duniya me hota hi nahi.”

– Zulfikar Inamdar

🖤 “Intezaar Ka Aakhri Kinara”:

Arz kiya hai ke…

Umare beeti, sadiyaan beeti,
Nahi beeta to bas uske intezaar ka wo pal…
Har subah ek nayi umeed le kar aayi,
Har raat ek naya zakhm de kar jaati rahi…

Waqt chalne ke liye bana hai,
Par mera waqt ek pal me ruka hua hai…
Us pal me jahan wo thi…
Aur jahan se wo chali gayi…

Log poochte hain —
“Tujhe abhi tak yaad hai wo?”
Mai bas muskurata hoon…
Kya bataun unhe ke kuch yaad-ein yaadon me nahi,
ruh me basti hain…

Aaj to mai thak hi gaya hu apni zaat se…
Chehre pe muskaan rakhta hoon,
Par dil ke andar ek jung chhupa rakhi hai…
Aaina bhi ab mujhe pehchanta nahi,
Kehta hai —
“Tu kaun hai? Wo pehla wala tu toh ab baaki hi nahi…”

Raat ko jab hawa dheere se pardey hilaati hai,
Mujhe lagta hai wo aayi hai…
Jaise uski saansen mere gardan se takra rahi ho…
Ek second ke liye lagta hai:
“Bas… iss baar sach me aayi hogi…”
Par haath badhata hoon to
Fakat khaali hawa milti hai…

Kabhi sapnon me milti hai wo…
Wahi kami, wahi narmi, wahi muskaan…
Kahti hai —
“Der ho gayi… par aayi toh hoon na…”
Aur mai usse gale lagane jaata hoon…
Par sapne bhi samajhte hain ke mujhe sukoon nahi milna…
Woh pal ke aage sapna toot jaata hai…

Sachchai hamesha subah ki tarah be-dard hoti hai…
Har roz yaad dilati hai —
Ke kuch log sirf khayalon me rehte hain,
Naseeb me nahi…

Phir bhi mera dil zidd pe hai…
Ke aayegi wo…
Aaj nahi to kal…
Kal nahi to kisi aur zindagi me…
Magar aayegi zaroor…

Par aaj raat…
Pehli baar dil ne ek ajeeb si baat kahi —
Aisi baat jo kabhi nahi suni thi…

Usne dheere se fasaana phusphusaya:

“Shayad wo kabhi nahi aayegi…
Aur shayad, tu hi ab intezaar me reh gaya hai…
Wo to kabka badh kar aage nikal chuki hai…”

Aankhon me aansu bhar aaye…
Zameen ne kadmon ke neeche se hosh kheench liya…

Aur tab samajh aaya—
Mai jis ka intezaar karta raha…
Wo to sirf ek yaad thi…
Ek yaad, jo mere dil me zinda rahi…
Par duniya me kabka mar chuki thi…

Haan bhai…
Sach to ye hai ke mai kisi shakhs ka nahi…
Ek kahani ka intezaar karta raha…

Aur kahaniyan…
Kabhi laut kar nahi aati.

Ab mai bas ek thama hua sa lamha hoon,
Ek rukhi hui dhadkan,
Ek adhoori dua…
Intezaar karta hua…
Aakhri saans tak…
Ek aise waade ka,
Jhoota hi sahi…
Par mera sab kuch tha… 💔